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    <p>
      Java API to access the 
      <a href='http://www.flickr.com/services/api/'>Flickr API</a>. 
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      Nature of this API:
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        This API is a minimalistic one: it does not implement specific data
        objects such Photo, User and so on but parses Flickr XML responses 
        into a hierarchy of 
        {@link org.aha.mf4j.response.FlickrObject}s.
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      <li>
        Error handling: Does not expose low level exceptions to clients. Errors
        from Flickr are transformed to
        {@link java.io.IOException}s 
        ({@link org.aha.mf4j.FlickrException} is an 
        {@code IOException}).
        
        Uses the meta data provided by reflection part of the Flickr API to
        throw run time exceptions if clients has requested a non existing
        Flickr method, missing mandatory parameters or give parameters method
        does not accept.
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